King James Version
Exodus 5:11 in the King James Version says “Go ye, get you straw where ye can find it: yet not ought of your work shall be diminished.” — study this verse from Exodus chapter 5 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Go ye, get you straw where ye can find it: yet not ought of your work shall be diminished.”
Exodus 5:11 · KJV
Let there more work be laid upon the men, that they may labour therein; and let them not regard vain words. Let there: Heb. Let the work be heavy upon the men
And the taskmasters of the people went out, and their officers, and they spake to the people, saying, Thus saith Pharaoh, I will not give you straw.
Go ye, get you straw where ye can find it: yet not ought of your work shall be diminished.
So the people were scattered abroad throughout all the land of Egypt to gather stubble instead of straw.
And the taskmasters hasted them, saying, Fulfil your works, your daily tasks, as when there was straw. your daily: Heb. a matter of a day in his day
KJV Study — Public Domain
“you straw”
H8401properly, material, i.e., (specifically) refuse haum or stalks of grain (as chopped in threshing and used for fodder)
“where”
H834who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
“ye can find”
H4672properly, to come forth to, i.e., appear or exist; transitively, to attain, i.e., find or acquire; figuratively, to occur, meet or be present
“it yet”
H3588(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
“shall be diminished”
H1639to scrape off; by implication, to shave, remove, lessen, withhold
“not ought”
H1697a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
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